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Subject:Please Help!!!! Posted by: KiNgDaN Date:10/31/1999 3:44:00 AM Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound forge. Thanx
Subject:Re: Please Help!!!! Reply by: RickZ Date:11/2/1999 1:41:00 PM Hi Dan, Probably the only thing you could do is work out an EQ setting that 'notches-out' the band of frequencies of the voice. This would be tricky, I would suspect, since 's' sounds are of different frequency than voice. Maybe 2 notches would be needed. SF does have EQ tools, but my own experience with them is limited. Regards, Rick Z Dan wrote: >>Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound >>forge. >> >>Thanx
Subject:Re: Please Help!!!! Reply by: chris_s Date:11/2/1999 3:21:00 PM I don't really have the answer, but trying to just EQ out vocals isn't going to work very well. For a start there are just too many harmonics in there all the way up the spectrum. You really need a specialised app. I know one way to do this is just find a signal that is present in equal amounts on both left and right channels - vocals are usually panned dead centre ( unless you are Trent Reznor ) - and then use some sort of subtractive algorithm ( inverse phase differentiation? ) to extract that signal. Not easy, and I don't think it's possible on std. SF4.5?! Maybe there's a $$$ plugin that you can shell out for though. If you are trying to create a Karaoke mix of a CD, you might want to try an alternative editing-based approach and splice up the instrumental parts of the original version eg. if somewhere there is four bars ( an intro? ) of the verse chord structure then you could paste that in 4 times to get 16 bars of verse without any vox. This of course depends totally on the source material having vox-less instrumental parts that are the same as the vocal backing. Chris Rick Zentmeyer wrote: >>Hi Dan, >> >>Probably the only thing you could do is work out an EQ setting that >>'notches-out' the band of frequencies of the voice. This would be >>tricky, I would suspect, since 's' sounds are of different frequency >>than voice. Maybe 2 notches would be needed. SF does have EQ tools, >>but my own experience with them is limited. >> >>Regards, >>Rick Z >> >>Dan wrote: >>>>Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound >>>>forge. >>>> >>>>Thanx
Subject:Re: Please Help!!!! Reply by: thalliba Date:11/16/1999 5:15:00 PM Dan wrote: >>Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound >>forge. >> >>Thanx Praobably a little late, but anyway: try Process>Channel converter. There is a preset called vocal cut. This pretty much removes the vocal. TorMagne Hallibakken

Subject:Please Help!!!!

Posted by: KiNgDaN

Date:10/31/1999 3:44:00 AM

Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound
forge.

Thanx

Subject:Re: Please Help!!!!

Reply by: RickZ

Date:11/2/1999 1:41:00 PM

Hi Dan,

Probably the only thing you could do is work out an EQ setting that
'notches-out' the band of frequencies of the voice. This would be
tricky, I would suspect, since 's' sounds are of different frequency
than voice. Maybe 2 notches would be needed. SF does have EQ tools,
but my own experience with them is limited.

Regards,
Rick Z

Dan wrote:
>>Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound
>>forge.
>>
>>Thanx

Subject:Re: Please Help!!!!

Reply by: chris_s

Date:11/2/1999 3:21:00 PM

I don't really have the answer, but trying to just
EQ out vocals isn't going to work very well. For
a start there are just too many harmonics in there
all the way up the spectrum.

You really need a specialised app. I know one way to do this
is just find a signal that is present in equal amounts
on both left and right channels - vocals are usually panned
dead centre ( unless you are Trent Reznor ) - and then use
some sort of subtractive algorithm ( inverse phase
differentiation? ) to extract that signal. Not easy, and
I don't *think* it's possible on std. SF4.5?! Maybe there's
a $$$ plugin that you can shell out for though.

If you are trying to create a Karaoke mix of a CD, you might
want to try an alternative editing-based approach and splice
up the instrumental parts of the original version eg. if
somewhere there is four bars ( an intro? ) of the verse chord
structure then you could paste that in 4 times to get 16 bars
of verse without any vox. This of course depends totally on
the source material having vox-less instrumental parts that are
the same as the vocal backing.

Chris

Rick Zentmeyer wrote:
>>Hi Dan,
>>
>>Probably the only thing you could do is work out an EQ setting that
>>'notches-out' the band of frequencies of the voice. This would be
>>tricky, I would suspect, since 's' sounds are of different
frequency
>>than voice. Maybe 2 notches would be needed. SF does have EQ
tools,
>>but my own experience with them is limited.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Rick Z
>>
>>Dan wrote:
>>>>Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound
>>>>forge.
>>>>
>>>>Thanx

Subject:Re: Please Help!!!!

Reply by: thalliba

Date:11/16/1999 5:15:00 PM

Dan wrote:
>>Is it possible to take the words out of a song using sound
>>forge.
>>
>>Thanx

Praobably a little late, but anyway:
try Process>Channel converter. There is a preset called vocal cut.
This pretty much removes the vocal.

TorMagne Hallibakken